Pingelly

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 840 people in Pingelly of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 15.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Pingelly was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.7% of the population.

Of people in Pingelly aged 15 years and over, 45.9% were married and 16.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Pingelly was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Pingelly, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Pingelly was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Pingelly 24.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.2% were in primary school, 16.1% in secondary school and 6.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Pingelly were Australian 39.2%, English 31.6%, Irish 6.0%, Scottish 5.3% and German 2.2%.

In Pingelly, 77.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.6%, New Zealand 3.7%, Italy 1.1%, Germany 0.7% and Scotland 0.5%.

In Pingelly, 65.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Pingelly were No Religion 27.8%, Anglican 21.9%, Catholic 13.4%, Baptist 6.7% and Uniting Church 6.2%.

In Pingelly 92.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.1%, Bengali 0.5%, German 0.4%, Dutch 0.4% and Mandarin 0.4%.

Employment

There were 312 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Pingelly. Of these 51.3% were employed full time, 30.4% were employed part-time and 12.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Pingelly, 12.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Pingelly was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Pingelly included Labourers 18.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.2%, Managers 14.3%, Professionals 13.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.0% and Sales Workers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Pingelly, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 12.1%, Local Government Administration 9.2%, School Education 8.8%, Road Freight Transport 4.0% and Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Pingelly was $380.

In Pingelly, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.5%, Walked only 9.9%, Car, as passenger 7.0%, Truck 4.0% and Bus 2.6%. On the day, 3.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Pingelly, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.9% provided care for children and 14.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.3% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Pingelly, 23.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Pingelly, 27.4% were couple families with children, 49.6% were couple families without children and 21.7% were one parent families.

In Pingelly 12.0% of single parents were male and 88.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Pingelly, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,625 and those without children was $1,777.

Employment status of couple families

In Pingelly, of couple families with children, 10.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.2% had both employed part-time and 16.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Pingelly, 80.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pingelly, 91.4% were separate houses, 1.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.6% were flats, units or apartments and 1.8% were other dwellings.

In Pingelly, of occupied private dwellings 5.9% had 1 bedroom, 18.7% had 2 bedrooms and 48.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pingelly, 38.7% were owned outright, 26.8% were owned with a mortgage and 31.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Pingelly, of all households, 67.4% were family households, 30.3% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Pingelly, 43.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.0% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Pingelly, 37.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Pingelly, there were 133 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 70 (or 52.6%) were male and 63 (or 47.4%) were female. The median age was 23 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Pingelly, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $680.

In Pingelly, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,137.